Hotel pool.
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The sun is shining, summer is approaching, and the CDC has rolled out a report about disease-causing parasites lurking in hotel pools.

Germs in treated water led to more than 27,000 illnesses and eight deaths in the U.S. from 2000 to 2014, the CDC reported Thursday. Of the 493 disease outbreaks, nearly one-third could be tied to hotel pools. Hot tubs and public splash pads weren't innocent either.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.